ISCAR Metalworking is a metal cutting-tools company based in northern Israel founded and controlled by the Wertheimer family. Warren E. Buffett purchased 80 percent of the company in 2006 for $4 billion in his first investment outside of the United States. It was the largest single investment in Israel's economy.
See also Industry.
Historical Dictionary of Israel. Bernard Reich David H. Goldberg. Edited by Jon Woronoff..